Bag-frame.



PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904.

B. VOM EIGEN.

BAG FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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- UNITED ST TES Patented June '28, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

BENNO VOM EIGEN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AUG.

GOERTZ & (30., OF NEWVARK, NEWV JERSEY, A FIRM.

BAG-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,7 10, dated'J'une28, 1904.

A li ati fil d March 10, 1904. Serial No. 197,520. (No model.)

To a whom, itnuty concern.-

Be it known that I, BENNO VOM EIGEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinventodcertain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Frames; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the'accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of thisspecification.

My present invention relates generally to improvements in frames fortraveling-bags, satchels, chatelaine, and other bags; and the inventionhas reference more particularly to a novel construction of bag-framesection and a method ofproducing the same.

My invention has for its principal objects to provide a novel and simplyconstructed bag frame section and a method of producing the v same, theframe-section comprising a main body anddownwardly-extending legs orpivot members at the respective ends of the said main body, the saidmain body and each pivot member comprising a pair of surface membersbent at right angles to each other, or ap proximately so, to providesharp angular corners and the overlapping portions, which form thejoint, being reduced by compression to half the thickness of the metalof the other parts of the frame-section, whereby the said overlappingportions at the joints are perfectly flush with the main surface of thebody and leg or pivot members of the frame-section,and, furthermore, toprovide a means whereby du ring the process or method of construction ofthe frame-section the integrally-united main body and pivot members canbe bent at right angles to each other, or approximately so, withoutcausing. the metal to produce a pucker at the corners and by myinvention forming a sharp and neat corner-angle, as will hereinafterappear.

Other objects of my present invention will appear from the followingdetailed description of the same.

My present invention consists in the novel bag-frame section hereinafterdescribed, and, further, this invention consists in the variousarrangements and combinations of parts, as well'as in the details of theconstruction of the same, all of which will be more fully set forth inthe following specification and then finally embodied in the clauses ofthe claim.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a face view of a bag-frame section embodying theprinciples of my present invention, and Fig. 2-is a top edge view of thesame. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the said framesection and an inlaydetached therefrom, the said view representing the inner face portionsof the main body and the pivot members of the frame-section and theoverlapping metal portions at each joint or corner of the frame-section.Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional representation, on an enlarged scale,said section being taken on line t ain Fig. l,'looking in the directionof the arrow and illustrating the reduced thickness by compression ofthe overlapping metal portions. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and'8 are views of ametal strip, certain portions thereof being represented as being brokenaway, the said views illustrating the various steps in the method ofproducingthe framesections. Figs. 9 and 10 are a faceand edge view,respectively, of a blank from whichthc inlay is made. Fig. 11 is adetail view of the blank representing thefirst step in the bendingoperation to provide the end members or legs of the inlay; and Fig. 12is a top edge view of the parts represented in said Fig. 11. Fig. 18 isa face View of one of the corner portions of the finished inlay,illustrating the rounded corner portion represented in Fig. 11 in itscompressed condition to provide a sharp angular corner portion; and Fig.14 is the same comprising a main body portion 2 and right-angled lipportion 3 and the end or pivot members or legs 4, provided with theirright-angled lip portions 5. In Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 I have representethe various steps in the method or process of producing theangularly-bent frame member or section 1. (Illustrated in Figs. 1, 2,and 3 of the drawings.) The steps in the method or process of thusproducing the frame-section is as follows: A blank 6 of the proper widthand length, according to the size of frame desired, is struck up in asuitable die or made, by means of suitable machinery, with the roundedand preferably perforated or other suitably-shaped end portions 7 andwith alip 8, bent at right angles to the main body of the said blank andextending along one of the marginal edges of the said body, as clearlyillustrated in the figures of the drawings. In the outer face of thislip, at the desired points where the two joints or angular portions ofthe frame-section are to be made, there are formed by the application ofpressure a pair of depressions 9, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 5 and6 of the drawings, the metal at 10 being compressed to one-half of itsoriginal thickness or that of the lip portion 8, substantially as shownin Fig. 6 and for the purposes to be hereinafter set forth. A portion ofthe outwardlyforced and rounded-edge portion 11 of the said depressionis then cut away and a suitable opening or slot 12 formed in eachdepression 9, the said slot 12 extending laterally across the lip 8 to apoint near the main body of the blank 6, and the said slot 12 at thispoint terminating, preferably, in a A-shaped end 13, as illustrated inFig. 8. During the same operation the remaining part of the edge portion11 is cut or trimmed away to provide a lip 14, preferably of the shapeillustrated. Suitable perforations or holes 15 and 16 are also provided.When thus made, the parts have the appearance illustrated in Figs. 8 and9 of the drawings, thus forming the main body2 and the pivot members 4,suitably separated by the slots 12. The said pivot members 4 are thenbent at right angles, or approximately so, to the said main body portionat the points 13 of the slots 12, slipping the reduced portion 17 of thedepression 9 directly beneath the reduced portion 18, whereby the holeor perforation 15 is made to register with the hole or perforation 16,and these parts are then secured together by means of the pins or rivets19, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, and 4 of the drawings, toprovide the right-angled corners of the frame-section 1. When theseparts are thus secured, the metal having been squeezed or compressed, asabove stated, to one-half its original thickness, a perfectly flushjoint will be the result, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4:,especially upon the outer surface of the frame-section, thus permittingthe covering of the frame-section with the usual covering of thinleather or the like and avoiding all possible bulky and unsightlyeffects at the corners of the frame-section.

As is well known, a metal inlay is usually employed with bag framesections, and in Figs. 3 and 13 I have represented a form of inlay 20which may be used. In constructing this inlayI take a strip of metal 21(see Figs. 9 and 10) and bend the same in such a manner that the roundedcorner portions 22 and end legs 23 will be formed, as clearlyillustrated in Figs. 11 and 12 of the drawings. Suitable pressure isthen applied upon the rounded corner portions 22, along the line i y inFig. 11, to squeeze themetal, and thereby produce the right-angledcorners 24. (Indicated in Figs. 3 and 13.) At the same time thethickness of the metal at the right-angled corners 24 is sufficientlyreduced to provide a suitable depression 25, as indicated in Figs. 13and 14, which is fitted over the rivet-head 26 of the rivet 19 when theinlay is arranged against the inner surfaces of the parts comprising theframe-section 1.

From the foregoing description of my invention it will be seen that Ihave devised a simple construction and method of producing bag-framesections-and an inlay therefor, the frame-sections having sharp angularcorners, whereby a neat frame is the result and one in which thepuckering and cracking of the metal at the corners in bending theframesection during the process of its manufacture is clearly obviated,and especially is this so when the metal frame-section isfinally to becovered with leather.

Of course I am aware that some changes may be made in the generalarrangements and in the method of producing the parts without departingfrom the scope of this invention. Hence I do not limit my invention tothe exact details of the construction of the framesection and the inlay,no do I confine myself to the exact method of producing the same asdescribed in the foregoing specification and as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is V l. A bag-framesection comprising a main body and a pivot member at each end of saidmain body, the said body and each pivot member having overlappingportions of a reduced thickness from the normal initial thickness ofsaid body and that of the pivot members, whereby a flush and finishedsurface is produced, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A bag-frame section comprising a main body and a pivot member at eachend of said main body, the said body and each pivot member havingoverlapping portions of a reduced thickness from the normal initialthickness of said body and that of the pivot members,

whereby a flush and finished surface is pro' ITO duced, and means forsecuring the said reduced portions in their overlapped relation,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A bag-frame section comprising a main body and a pivot member at eachend of said main body, the said body and each pivot member havingoverlapping portions of a reduced thickness from the normal initialthickness of said body and that of the pivot members, whereby a flushand finished surface is produced, the said main body and one of saidoverlapping portions being provided with perforations which registerwith each other, and a rivet in said perforations for securing the saidreduced portions in their overlapped relation, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

4. A bag-frame section comprising a main body having a right-angled lipportion, and a pivot member at each end of said main body, each pivotmember being provided with a lip portion, the lip portions of said bodyand said pivot members having overlapping portions of a reducedthickness from the normal initial thickness of said lip portions,whereby a flush and finished surface is produced, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

5. A bag-frame section comprising a main body having a right-angled lipportion, and a pivot member at each end of said main body, each pivotmember being provided with a lip portion, the lip portions of said bodyand said pivot members having overlapping portions of a reducedthickness from the normal initial thickness of said lip portions,whereby a flush and finished surface is produced, and means for securingthe said reduced portions in their overlapped relation, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

6. A bag-frame section comprising a main body having a right-angled lipportion, and a pivot member at each end of said main body, each pivotmember being provided with a lip portion, the lip portions of said bodyand said pivot members having overlapping portions of a reducedthickness from the normal initial thickness of said lip portions,whereby a flush and finished surface is produced, the lip portion ofsaid main body and one of said overlapping portions being provided withperforations which register with each other, and rivets adapted to beinserted in said perforations for securing the said reduced portions intheir overlapped relation, substantially as and with depressed portionscontiguous to the slot, and means adapted to be connected with saiddepressed portions for securing them in their overlapped relation,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. The herein-described bag-frame section comprising a main body 2 andright-angled pivot members 4, the said parts being separated by a slot12 and respectively provided with depressed portions contiguous totheslot, the said main body 2 being provided with perforations 16 and thedepressed portion of each member 4 being provided with a perforation 15adapted to register with said perforations 16, and rivets adapted to beinserted in said perforations for securing the said pivot members atright angles to said main body, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

9. A bag-frame section comprising a main body having a right-angled lipportion, and a pivot member at each end of said main body, each pivotmember being provided with a lip portion, the lip portions of said bodyand said pivot members having overlapping portions of a reducedthickness from the normal initial thickness of said lip portions,whereby aflush and finished surface is produced, the lip portion of saidmain body and one of said overlapping portions being provided withperforations which register with each other, and rivets adapted to beinserted in said-perforations for securing the said reduced portions intheir overlapped relation, all combined with an inlay havingright-angled corner portions, said corner portions being of a reducedthickness from the normal initial thickness of the other parts of theinlay, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

10. The herein-described bag-frame section comprising a main body 2 andright-angled pivot members 4, the said parts being separated by a slot12 and respectively provided with depressed portions contiguous to theslot, and means adapted to be connected with said depressed portions forsecuring them in their overlapped relation, all combined with an in layhaving right-angled corner portions, said corner portions being of areduced thickness from the normal initial thickness of the other partsof the inlay, substantially-as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 5th day of March, 1904. I

BENN O voM EIGEN.

Witnesses:

FREDK. (J. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS.

